Emily O'Reilly

Emily O'Reilly
O'Reilly in 2015
European Ombudsman
Assumed office
1 October 2013
Preceded byNikiforos Diamandouros
Irish Ombudsman
In office
1 June 2003 – 29 September 2013
Preceded byKevin Murphy
Succeeded byPeter Tyndall
Information Commissioner
In office
1 June 2003 – 29 September 2013
Preceded byKevin Murphy
Succeeded byPeter Tyndall
O'Reilly before the Polish Senate in 2014
O'Reilly and husband Stephen Ryan (right) in 2019

Emily O'Reilly is an author and former journalist and broadcaster who became Ireland's first female Ombudsman in 2003, succeeding Kevin Murphy.[1] On 3 July 2013, she was voted European Ombudsman by the European Parliament.[2] She was re-elected in 2014[3] and in 2019,[4] in each case for a mandate of five more years. She was educated at University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, and Harvard University, where she was awarded a Nieman Fellowship in journalism.[5]

  1. ^ "History of the Office of the Ombudsman". Office of the Ombudsman.
  2. ^ Bohan, Christine (3 July 2013). "Next stop Strasbourg: Emily O'Reilly wins vote to become new EU Ombudsman". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  3. ^ "O'Reilly re-elected as European Ombudsman". RTE.ie. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Emily O'Reilly re-elected European Ombudsman". European Parliament press room. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. ^ "The Ombudsman's Office/Previous Office Holders". The Office of the Ombudsman Ireland. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

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